Category Archives: Nutrition

Could You Be At Risk Of Iodine Deficiency?

This is an important blog for you to read if you have removed bread or milk from your diet. Or if you choose to drink soy, almond or other milk alternatives. These choices mean you could be at risk of iodine deficiency. Iodine is important for foetal growth and normal development of tissues and the…
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A Tomato A Day Keeps Your Doctor Away

A fruit which is also used as a vegetable, confused? Whatever its designated category tomatoes are very versatile and can be enjoyed in many ways to make your meal tastier and healthier. Do you know all the potential benefits of this fruit? What is the best way to eat it? You are reading the right…
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An Aussie Staple That Continues To Baffle the Rest of the World

I am talking about the one and only Vegemite! To me I think of the iconic image of a child eating a Vegemite sandwich with half of the spread on his or her face. Recent media attention has drawn possible links to reduced anxiety and stress if you include this spread in your diet which…
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Don’t Let Shift Work Shift Your Health

Are you a shift worker? You will understand the feeling of sleep deprivation with changing sleep patterns depending on a varied work schedule. What you may not realise is the changing hours of sleep and work can be doing havoc on your body and its health. Good news is there are steps you can take…
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Mind Your Mind

If you are like most people you have experienced a sugar crash, the feeling of no energy left and a mood which means people should stay as far away as possible. It is well known that diet does not only effect how you look on the outside but how you feel on the inside, reaching…
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The Tricks To Having More Energy!

Are you interested in ways to have more energy to get through your day with a spring in your step? If you are like most of us energy can be the factor which can make a working day drag on forever or allow you to finish still feeling like you can enjoy the remaining hours…
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Can You Have Your Cake And Eat It Too?

When the words cake, chocolate, soft drink, alcohol, lollies, ice cream or pizza are mentioned you would not be alone if you felt many emotions around these foods but one of them included is guilt. What you may not realise these foods are not bad but are simply to be enjoyed in moderation throughout your…
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Understanding Celiac Disease, Why a Fad Is a Necessity for Many People

Gluten free products have hit the market hard and it is easy to mistaken gluten free for healthier alternative with the amount of media attention to these products. Unless you are celiac or have gluten intolerance this is certainly not the case as many gluten free products tend to be lower in fibre making it…
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